Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1896, Page 9

A LEAGUE OF WOMEN Interesting Convention Soon to Be - Held Here. ‘PROBLEMS AMONG THE COLORED RACE A Washington Institution May Be Sharply Discussed. LOCAL COMMITTEES ‘The first annual convention of the Na- tional League of Colored Women will begin 4m this city July 14, and continue for three ays. Among those who are expected to attend the sessions are Miss Julia F. Jones and Mrs. L. J. Coppin, two noted teachers of Philade Mrs. James A. Handy, Kan- sas City, Mo.; Mrs. L. M. Olden and Mrs. Enstey of Denver, Col.; Mrs. Yates of Kan- sas City, Miss Flora Lewis, a member of the editorial staff of the Philadelphia Press; Miss Boulden of Cambridge, Mass., who enjoys the distinction of being the first colored woman appointed to preside over a white school; Mrs. Helen A. Cook, Mrs. C. F. Grimke and Mrs. Mary Terrell of Wash- ington, Mrs. Laura E. Titus of Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. A. J. Cooper of Washington, Mrs. B. K. Bruce, Mrs. Rosetta E. Lawson, Miss C. L. Franklin, superintendent of the Colored Orphans’ Home at Harper's Ferry; Migs A. V. Tompkins of Washington, Dr. Rebecca Cole of Philadelphia, Mrs. Hun ten of Richmond, Va.; Mrs. J. W. E. Bow- en of Atlanta, Ga., and others from various places. The National League of Colored Women was founded by Mrs. Helen A. Cook of shington about four years ago. It was at first a distinctively local body, and no sht was had at tha’ time by the man- that it would so soon become a so- ety of interstate membership. But cor- respondence between Mrs. Cook and other leading colored women in different parts of the country led to the conclusion that the time had arrived for the women to make an united movement for the benefit and ad- vancement of their fellow-women, and so Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Grimke and others issued the invitation resulting in the coming con- ventior Work of the Convention. The sessions of the league will be held im the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, Rev. F. J. Grimke, pastor, and Mr. Grimke wii del an address of welcome to the delegates. There e three gen- eral topics for dis: ing the con- ven Woman as an Educator Wo- man in the Professions” and n in the Home,” and s' be made by most of these g to a Star reporter last evening about the matters with which league will deal, one of the wom @ prominent part in t th ntion, said: » Who is taking managament of 28 questions of ue a3 an organ- iring the era its membe: al- ways the gr tion—the di- e g the young— put their voll- ower of ch t in forming and seif-den’al; surround chil- with and cour- ons the me value mental a definite aim— ults will be felt heir own ex- rn from our The Question of Union. “Another matter of sucn importance as to command the at on ef all our wo- men is the enlarging and strengthening of the work by a union of forces. At the conference held in Boston last year a reso- lution was adopted by the Federation of Afro-Amie an Women looking to a union with the National Leag1e of Colored Wo- men. In pursuance of this resolution, a con- ference committee met at Atlanta during the session of the woman's con and a basis cf inion was reached, which includ- ed a proposition for a_ joi From s cause or other an Ritch occurred, and it will be impos. have the joint convention this year. N Federation of Afro-A. a We however, meet in W nmgton the rnment of the league, steps iting: ention may be the two may be . So that a joint ext year. A Local Problem. ition to the three general topies , it is certain that the conven- 1 discuss the affairs of the Girls’ tion w Reform School of the District of Colum- which there was so much months ago. The members ke the ground that as the instituticn is devoted entirely to the care of colored gt the colored people should have one representative at least on the board of management, and they propose to the subject until they obtain this orbing topic of the yeer ul organization, the local s of the Was’ ton league have not been neglected. The educational and industrial work begun a couple of years as been continued and more full . and the kindergarten and othe! ia an encouraging condi- The effort to secure a building for the se of the league also continues. The pos- session of such a building is really indis- Pensable to success; the league is o' to ask of other associations the use of their rooms, when a little determination on the part of the members would make its position one of independence and dignity. Important Statistics, showing the great necessity for the plishment of the work the league has started out to perform, it may be mentioned that the census of 18%) gives the number of colored women in the District of Columbia as 41,866, the females outnumber- ing the males by more than 8,000. Of these, 14.536 are between the ages of five and twenty, most of whom are probably at- tending the several grades of the public schools. Of those between fourteen and eighteen years, there are at present in the High School over #0. Twenty-six of the graduates will have each year an oppor- tunity to enter the Normai School, making, during the four years-of the course, 104 who will have a reasonable expectation cf being employed in the public schools. The remaining 300 or more are without any prospect of congenial or remunerative em- ployment. A few may enter the profes- sions, a few may secure positions as teach- ers in other places, but the majority, after spending twelve years in fitting themselves for their life work, will have no indus-rial future. % “The census of 1870 reports 338 occupa- tions open to women. If the statement were modified so as to refer to colored wo- men, we should have to say they m be employed as saleswomen, clerks, cash- jers, telegraph operators, typewriterd, etc.; they will not be received in factories, book binderies, the work rooms of milliners, and so on through the list. There 1s, therefore, nothing for them to fall back upoa except domestic service, and they are not even prepared for that. Attention has heen fre- quently called to the fact that they are being crowded out of the lighter and better paid places because of their want of sys- tem. But twelve years of mental and man- ual training in the public schools prepare them admirably to enter upon the higher grades of labor. The moral aspect of the question should also have great weight, the temptations and besetments of a great city being doubled to all who have no reg- ular occupation.” Lecal Committees. Committees, headed as follows, will take ’ THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES.’ care of the visitors and delegates to the/QNE FIGH™»IN BULAWAYO convention: Program, Mrs. A. J. Cooper; printing, Mrs. I. D. Bailey; comfort, Mrs. A. E> Murray; reception, Mrs. H. A, Cook; refreshments, Mrs. Emily Lee; music, Mrs. A. L. Davis; decorations, Mra, Elizabeth Shippen; finance, Mrs. A. V. Tompkins; badges, Miss A. F. Howard; excursions, Miss E. A. Cook; bureau of information, Miss J. C. Grant; correspondence, Miss C. L. Franklin, % The day following the close of the con- vention it ts hoped to be able to have a grand reception by the members of the league who reside in Washington to the delegates to the convention and those who accompany them. The Other Organizations. The Federation of Afro-American Wo- men has for its president Mrs. Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee, Ala., wife of the colored orator of that name, who made a famous speech at the Atlanta exposition. The federation was the first national or- ganization among colored women, and was formed at Boston July 31, 1895. The first annual convention will be held at the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church in this city July 20, 21 and 22. Among those who aro expected to attend are Mrs. J. St. Pierré Ruffin of Boston, Miss Mary V. Cook of Cane Springs, Ky.; Mrs. Sylvanie F. Wiiliams of New Orleans, Mrs. T. H. Lyles of St. Paul, Mrs. H. R. Butler of Atlanta, Mrs. L. C. Anthony of Jefferson City, Mo.; Mrs. F. E. W. Har- per of Philadelphia, Mrs. Arthur S. Gray of Kansas, Mrs. J. Napier Kemp of Minneap- olis, Mrs. Amy C. Thomas of Buffalo, and many others. The objects of the organization are for the most part on precisely the same lines as those of the National League of Col- ored Women. ee HARD TO KILL. Goats’ Tantalizing Ways Described by a Railroad Engineer. From the New York San. “Did you ever hear of a locomotive hit» ting and killing a billy gcat?” was the question which John Van Nuys, a Pennsyl- vania railroad engineer, put to a reporter. “Well, when you do, let me know, please, for I want to make a note of it. I have heen riding an engine over this road for sixteen years, and, though I have often seen goats on tke track, and have often thought I had surely hit one, yet I have al- ways found Mr. Gcat was hke the famous fiea of the Dutchman—not there. “We most sften see them on the tracks at East Newark or at East Rahway, where they stray over from Goat Hill. Now, no ergineers want to hit or kill anything, but many ef them have wished they could catch a billy, for ho fs so tantalizing. He'll stand on the tracks, generally at right an- with the rails, chewing his cud, and will pay no more attextion to the whistle than to the ballast on the roadbed. “Sometimes he will turn bls eyes toward the iron horse speeding toward him, but it seems to have no terror for him, and he holds his ground until you cannot see him from the cab on account of your proximity, when, presto! he is gone, and if you look cut of the cab at the roadside you'll see Mr. Billy standing there waiting for you to pass. other day at East Newark I saw a tig black one stacding on No. 1 ahead of us as we were en rcute for Jersey City. To sive him warning I tooted the whistic. He rever stirred. He was chewing away and sazing Gown toward Newark bay. He hi rt goatee, east wind was toyiig With. We were running at a lively rate, and were scon within a hundred feet of him. Now, I said to myself, I'm In an instant we I caw no goat shoot in the air, nor did I feel any jar nor nee communicated to the sensi- do. Ther. I Sure enough, , there was billy at the roadside King up at us and wagging h When you hear of a goat becing ki this road by a locomotive, just let me know about it.” soing to get a billy sure. had passed the spect. up ee CAUGHT WITH ROD AND REEL. Sawfish Weighing 625 to Have Been Pounds Said Landed by a Yankee. One of the most wonderful catches ever th the red and reel was accomplish- . M. George of Danbury, Conn., re- He was fishing for tarpon at Nig- eHad, a few miles down the river, cently. ger with A. F. Gonzales as guide, when he got a strike. It did not take long to ascertain that the game was even bigger than the Iver king, ard Mr. George settled dowa to give the fellow battle. The fish soon came to the surface. He was a monster sawiish, and he slashed his saw about in the water at a great rate. Mr. George handled the fish most skillfully and proved that he is a thorough expert in the use of rod and re2l. The battle lasted one hour and twenty min- utes, when the sawfish was brought to the gaff and killed. He measured 14 feet 8 inches in length and weighed 625 pounds. His saw was forty inches in length and five in width, and his flippers measured fifty-six inches. This gives Mr. George the record on the Caloosahatchee for the largest saw- fish ever caught with rod and reel. Mr. George says he doesn’t care to take an- other, and this is the conclusion of all the noted experts who have ever played a saw- fish. This may read like a great fish story to people who know little of the great fish- ing on the Caloosahatchee river, but the facts as given are absolutely correct. The gentlemen who come here from all parts of the world to catch tarpon are genuine sportsmen, and would seorn to have an in- rrect record made of any of their catches, which are all made with rods and reels. ———_+e-. KATE FIELD’ It is Said Whitelaw Reid Was Once Her Sweetheart, From the Chicego News. Miss Field's death recalls a story of her youth that was first given publicity in the world’s congress of Journalists in 1893 and may contain the secret of her having never mzerried. The story as told by one who claimed to know was that in the beginning of her journalistic career Miss Fleld work- ed on the Cincinnad jal in collab- eration with Whitelaw ited, who was,at that time her accepted lover. When Reid became an editorial writer on the New York Tribune ke sent for his old sweet- heart to come and take a positiou on the reper. Until after the defeat of Horace Greeley for the presidency the pleasant relations between Mr. Reid and Miss Field continued. When Greeley returned to his old desk, defeated and broken-hearted, the stock of the Tribune was put upon the market at a very low price. By the advice of Mr. Reid a majority of the stock was purchased ig D. O. Mills, and Reid was given full con- trol of the paper. As a result of the rela- ticns thus estabifshed Whitelaw Reid mar- ied Miss Elizabeth Mills, the daughter of D. O. Mills, and became the owner of a majority of the stock of the Tribune. When the news of the engagement of Mr. Reid to Miss Mills became known Kate *Field severed her connecticn with the Tribune and left the office never to enter it again. ——+oe-+____ Bicyeles in Philadelphia, From the Philadelphia ‘Thmes. The growth of the bicycle habit is indi- cated by the monthly report of the park guard. During May of last year the guards counted 24,827 bicycles entering the park; during the May just passed they counted 92,184, or nearly four times as many. This gives an average of clore to 8,000 a day, where the average of May lest year was but 800. This does not tell the whole story. The everyday business use of the bicycles is not touched at all, and there are very many popular pleasure routes outside the park that would probably show a still larger proportionate increase of travel, be- cause of the extension of good roads. The park is as attractive as ever, but other routes have become more attractive than before—York road, for example, where the turnpike has been made, within the year, as smooih as a park drive. Moreover, every asphalt-surfaced street in the city, especially where there are no rails, is crowded with learners who are not yet up to a suburban ride. It is safe to predict that before the summer is over it will tax the park guards to count all the wheels flying past them. eg eee St. Vincent's Sanitarium, conducted by Sisters of Charity, at Santa Fe, N. M, burned Sunday night, ond the hospital an- nex was Gestroyed. Loss, $100,000; insur- ce. $4,000. Both institutions were crowd- with guests and patienta, but there were oO Zatalties. ROMANCE. a Tho Kafiirs Shot and Skirmished as Well as ‘the Whites. An English Soldier's Letter to His Friends—A Wild Ride for Re- Inforeements. From the London Standard, Writing from Buluwayo on April 12, to his friends in London, a correspondent says: “I am back again safe, but not quite sound, having been wounded in the head, but it is not very serious. A bullet cut a ercove right along the back of my skull, but it was too thick for it to penetrate. We marched out on the 2d of April, 100 strong, with one Maxim. Our object was to relieve Gwanda, a station seventy-five miles out, and there were supposed to be twenty-five men there in danger. We left at 6 p.m. amid cheers. One troop consisted of Africanders, the other of Englishmen. I attached myself to Africanders. The first night we were attacked, but repulsed the enemy with ease. We got down to Gwanda in thirty hours without more fighting. On the way we found all the stores looted and burnt. They even stabbed the pigs and dogs. It was good traveling—seventy-five tiles in thirty hours, in full marching or- der. I started with no kit, only horse, sad- dle, etc., and rifle and revolver. We de- cided to stay there five days, as the store had not yet been looted, and we had plenty of provisions. I was issuer, so my mess lived nigh. About the fifth day we started tack. About an hour after we steried I felt my horse was not right, so I jumpad off, took off the saddle and put in a smail spring wagon we had with us that I used to carry rations in and extra ammunition. In about an hour I saw it was all up with the poor old chap. He walked slower and slower, the froth streaming from his nose. At last he stopped. I told the other fellows to go on, as I should stop with him to the lest. They wanted to shoot him, but I sald the first one who shot my horse I should loose off into him. ‘So they left me, and I steyed with the peor oid chap till he died—his head on my knees. I tell you I felt sick. Poor old fel- lew, he knew me to the last. I watked on and caught the troop up five miles further on. The captain and all were sorry for me, as he was far and away the best horse and the best looked after. I lay down under a little bush and fell asleep, I was so tired; I had Lad no sleep and hard work for the last twenty-four hours. When I asvoxe every one was gone. I thanked God I was H alive. Then I walked after them and ught them up at night. We did not sieep much that night, and next day at dawn started. We did twelve miles, and tken rested for an hour, then went on f twelve miles more. We were in a nasty clcof. We found about twenty head of cat- tle, and cf course took them, after ex- changing a few shots with the herds. I said that it was a trap. I was right. “Abeut half a mile on we were going through a neck, hills on each side. I w: on the front seat of the little wagon, when I saw a cheet of flam® and heard a roar; the bullets came like hail. The mules turn- ed and broke the pole. I jumped down, got them straight, and set to wor mend the pole, with the driver, 1 bullets were thick, and they made me terget; one grazed my cheek, another went ecn my legs, while a third took a but- off my le I got be ten 4 alongside the wagon, rested my rifle on a branch, and began, T let th saw three fall the first thr were only a hundred feliows were falling fast, and horses drop- ping everywhere, so we had to advanc We got on to a bit of open, but the nig- gers were close behind in the lore gr We went on advancing for fovr mil fighting hard the whole time. At last got to a rise and je a stand, as it was pretty clear we had lost heavily. But they kept on us just as hi a fire as w nem. Our ammunition was nea on cut. “The captain asked me if I would try to ride through to Buluwayo for reinforce- ments and ammunition, which was terribly hort. { said, ‘I'll try.” I tuok the best horse I could see near, cut the equipment loose and jumped into the saddle. As I left them I had a hail- storm of bullets after me. All of a sudden a bullet struck me in the head, went sight through my hat and cut a groove along y skull. I fell forward, and heard a man say, ‘Poor old —, pipped.’ I jumped up and said, ‘No fear.’ Where's that blooming Kafiir? I saw him, and he didn’t go far. A fellow came up and tied up my head, and I went on firing. My head and face Ls covered with blood. Now about the ride. “I rode like the wind for ten miles, then slackened and gave my horse a drop of brandy I Fad in my flask. I then rushed on ull my horse fell and rolied over me. I thought my leg was broken, but I managed te get in the saddle and go on. After a while I gave him the rest of the brandy, and rode to within six miles of Buluway when I met two men bringing out a dis- patch, “My horse was done, so I took one of theirs, told them to come back, and gal-| Icped into Buluwayo. I did the thirty miles in one hour afid a half, and tad cov- ered sixty miles that day, and five hours’ hard fighting. I saw Col. Spreckley, and he sent 2%) men at once. I just stayed to have my wounds bandaged, and star:ed with them. We met them twelve miles cut. They had fought their way throngh the Kaffirs. I had to walk back, und got in at 5 a.m., having done eighty-tive iniles in twenty-four hours and five hours’ fight- ing. We lost eight dead and twenty wcunded out of a hundred. We killed about 300 out of 2,000 that attacked us. The thirst was terrible. My tongue stuck to my mouth; bit I managed to keep cool throughout. My messmate was sh: side me; his blood spattered all over me; poor fellow, he is dead; I hadn't time to speak to him, the firing was too hot. At cne time they were within thirty yards of us. It's the hottest action fought in Mata- beleland. I was surprised to see how well the Kaffirs shot and skirmished, as good as any white troops, taking advauatage of all the cover. We lost about thirty horses. They used to rush up to our wounded horses we left behind and stab them, shouting ‘Quaaser, quaaser.’ I saw one stick a horse, but I ‘quaasered’ him a3 he put his spear in. ——— THE BICYCLE CHAIN, Few Wheelmen Realize the Import- ance of Keeping It in Order. From the Philadelphia Press. Few riders real:zo the importance to the yele of a well-lubricated and flexible chain. If one-half the care which is be- stowed on the bearings of the bicycle were devoted'to the chain, there would be fewer tired muscles after bicycling exercises. One will find owners of wheels taking them apart and cleaning the cones and polish- ing the ball bearings, even going so far as to dissect the pedals for a Httle dust, and yet pay little or no attention to the chain; while, in the matter of draft, the latter ccunts more than all the rest of the bear- ings combined. Every one of the numerous links in this chain has @ bearing, and every one of these bearings Is likely to get sti with dust and wear. As soon as metal gets to wearing against metal or a Little grit is introduced into the joints, the chain will begin to run stiff and hard. It will snap and Jerk, and the wheel will be tire- some to propel. This can be avoided only by careful cleaning and lubrication. The exertion used in cleaning is returned seven fold in garnered strength to the rider. The chain should te taken from the wheel and coal oil poured over the jotnts and on the sprockets. Then a careful wip- ing with a cloth will remove nearly ail the dust. The joints should be worked by whipping on a floor until they are per- fectiy flexfble. It 1s a good plan to keep an open can of lubricating oil into which the chain may be plunged and allowed to remain for some time—over night, if con- venient. When # is taken out the oil should all be removed with a cloth, wip- ing as clean as possible to prevent the ad- Eerence of dust. After the sprockets are scrupulously clean put on @ small amount of stiff lubricant and you will be surprised at the difference in the running of the wheel. : 3 SUBSTITUTES FOR HORSFORD’S Acid yioiag tong what Dangerous. Because they cost many substitu of which Produce t as the fie ee tad sal Hanae “phosphate” in a glass = They Were Not A STARVING BRIDAL COUPLE. the Customs ef @ Modern ‘Hotel. From the New York Tribithe.’- Starving amid plenty; ii a hard fate, yet couple that stayed for)a,week at the Hotel Netherland recently. :‘Piiey came up from the south, and the perio¢ of reconstruction did not seem to have left a mark upon their open and gegial characters. He was rawboned and athletic.and she was one of those typical southern girls who speak in the languorous dialect Dixie land when they do speak, but carry on conversation mainly by the use of thelr eyes. The couple yere well supplied with money, and mani- fested a desire to have a good,time, but showed @ woeful lack’ efi knowledge of th details of a great city. the manager 0! the house the young bridegroom confided the information that his family had once been wealthy, but, e’many others in the south, had been drained by the war, The girl also came from an old plantation fam- {ly that had been left penniless by the war, and all either could boast of was a long line of fine ancestry, health and good looks. By dint of hard work and extreme econ- omy the bridegroom had save a few hun- @red dollars, and he intended to have a honeymoon that would be worthy of re- membrance. The couple came to the hotel about noon, and passed most of the afternoon in look- ing over the house and admiring the fur- rishings. When it began to grow dark the young husband seemed to get uneasy. He wandered about the corridors of the hotel and seemed to be at a loss for something. Finally his feelings mastered him, and he approached the clerk and asked: “‘Ah, say, can you tell me when the supp rings? Ah'm getting sort o’ hungry. ‘The clerk was amused, but he explained to the southerner the mysteries of living upon the European plan, When the bride- grcom learned that the $4 a day he was paying for his room did not include meals for himself and wife he whistled softly aud remarked: “You all must mak’ a heap of money cha’ging like that fo’ rooms. Well, we'uns are going to have 4 good time, an’ I suppose we all might as well go in and get something or other to eat.” He walked off and went up to his room tc get his wife. He manifested a peculiar liking for the elevator, and insisted on rid- ing in it at every occasion, He found his wife as hungry as himself. and. under the tow of a bell boy, made his way to the dining room. Previous to entering this 1com hig honeymoon had been a dream of jey, without 4 cloud to hide the sunshine. When he seated himself at the table the first “rift in the lute’ came. A white- aproned, obsequious waiter laid a carte de jcur in front of the southern visitors, and then hurried off to get glasses, plates, and so on. A consultation at once took place. ‘The card was printed In French, and after studying it from every side, and reading it backward and forward, the husband gave it up and passed it over ruefully to his vife. She looked in hopeless bewilderment at the card, and it was evident that she was at sea also, so far as French was con- cerned. They gazed hopelessly into each other's eyes and then at the card, and aback into each other's eyes again. He was game to the last, and suddenly a thought struck him. He called the waiter to him and said softly: “Waitah, is this all _you’uns have for suppah?” The waiter replied that everything that had been prepared for the meal was on the curd. The husbard sighed and the wife looked glum. Then the young fellow said : “Well, I gu we all don’t want what you * have got fixed. We ill get something or other to eat Then he arose and went up to his his wife following obediently. For the young couple haupted the They did not geem to think that any more of New York than that Nately ‘Within the one of the maids came to the manage: land toid him that the persons oceupied by this young g the place with cook! that som: th ment did g in the rooms, as it interfered with the regime of the house 1 damaged the furniture. The young man urted out: “Ah don’t s¢e what we ail is to do, then, Ah can't get anythin’ to eat in the dining room, and we ‘uns has got to eat.” hen pressed for an @xplanation he ex- plained the trouble about the bill of fare, and confided to the manager that he and b's wife had finally grown 80 hu that he wiipped over to @.corner grocery and got some vegetables and other ables and a frying pan. The couple hed used the gas jet for a stove and managed to get along pretty well, although he admitted that it was a rather poor makeshift. The man- ager explained the intricacies of a Frehch carte de jour to him, and also gave him a broader idea of the city’s resources. The young fellow was deeply grateful, and for the remaining few days that the coujMe were in the city tney entered the dining room with the air of persons who knew all about it, and ordered the waiter to get them some- thing to eat. They branched out over the city also, and paid visits to the various points of interest. As he wes leaving the hotel the husband grasped the manager by the hand and said feeiingly: “Ah’m ‘bliged to you, sah. A person who don’t ask ques- tions should starve, and we ‘uns came pretty near it.” HOW ==00s= Se LITERARY WORK PAYS. ‘The Enormous Prices Paid for a Few Works. From the New York Sun The Century Company pafd $50,000 for the “Life of Lincoln.” It is no gisparagement to the authors of the Century's life of Lin- coln to say that theirs was a freak price. The authors had information for sale that no one else possessed. They had a corner en facts about Abraham Lincoln, and the public demand for these facts was so great’ that a high price wouid have been paid for them even if told much less gracefully thaa the authors told them. The motive of the Century Company in giving $50,000 for this beat was precisely that of any enterpris- ing newspaper in buying exclusive news. It is not by any means an unheard-of oc- currence that the managing editor of a newspaper should pay $100 for ten words of informstion and then spend as tauch more in sending reporters to verify the facts and “get all there is of it.” Of course, there is nothing in either the $50,000 check or the $100 in cash to indicate the market value of literature, and yet a certain club of literary men in this town has framed and hung up the check which the Grants received for the life of Gen. Grant, as if the amount paid was in some way the full Umit of prices for a literary product. Scott got $40,000 for “Woodstock,” while Moore got 3,000 guineas for “Lalla Rookh.” Anthony Trollope received in all $350,000 for his various works. Dryden got £1,200 for “Virgil.” Tom Moore got £15,000 for his Irish melodies. George Eliot did not get less than £8,000 for any of her novels, and one brought £15,000, it is sald. Robert Bon- ner of the Ledger paid Charles Dickens $5,000 for “‘Hunted Down,” a story of 7,000 words. It is currently reported that Charles Scribner's Sons paid $25,000 for “Senti- mental Tommy,” which is now running through their magazine. Arthur Scribner, when asked about this rumor and a further Tumor that a bargainiat $50,000 had been made for the next story by the same au- thor, declined either to affirm or deny. The great success of ‘Sentimental Tommy” Probably originated an exaggerated rumor. It is the common rule of publishers—and it is a rule that is particularly rasping to the writer with any instinct of an artist in him—to pay by the yard: at least hy the thousand words. It was with this rule in view that the fact of Charles@Dickens re- ceiving $5,000 for 7,000.words was mention- ed. Anthony Hope refused, not long ago, an offer of $750 for a short story. Here is an- other gauge of market ratea, for “a sport story’’ means from 3,000 to 4,000 words It is fair to Mr. Hope to'say that he ‘was priced at $200 a thousand words. That gives us the first intimation that the market ts rising; for something leas than three years ago: (October, 1893) Mr. Howells wrote that three American men were commonly paid at the rate of $100 a thousand words for their contributions to the magazines, while one woman received $150. Nationality has nothing to do with Frices, of course, so the inference is that the market for strictly first-class writers of magazine stories has hardened to the extent of at least 331-3 per cent. Phonographs in Watches. The new watch 1s to have a phonograph evlinder hidden away, and at the hour and at each quarter of an hour a tiny voice will be heard giving you the exact time. You will simply touch a spring, hold the watch to your ear, and the little fairy on the inside will whisper the bour. ——+o2-—___- A council of Spanish gencrais in Cuba has decided to suspend operations against the insurgents owing to the rains. ' Rain Powerless a TO KEEP THE CROWD AWAY!? Our Annual June Reduction Sale started in with acrowd this morning--notwithstanding the rain. Some of the lots were gone by to o’clock, so here= after the special lots advertised will mot go on sale each day until 10 o’clock, as so many customers calling later in the day complain on not -finding the goods and many think no such goods were on sale. Beginning at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning the following special prices will go into effect: Special lot of 8, 10 and 12%. Embrolderies, 2 to 4 in. LACES, 1c white and butter, 8 to 11 in. wide, were 25 and ae, JIC, APRONS,9* D Gingham Aprons, brown and blue checks, were lic., for.. A 25C Ribbons, 5 Balance of the $1 and $1.25 Sash Rib- light blue, navy and for. PIQUE, 16c Special quality of 25e. es * 16¢. Infants’ Mull Caps, emrof- dered and tucked. Regular Qc. Percaline, 9%c. lde. quality, for. EMBY’S, 4c wide, insertings and edgings, Special lot of Point Venise Laces, for .. Special lot of Large Size gc. $1 & $1.25 bons, in white, cream, black, @ 25C, - White Pique will he sold to- Caps, 30c. prices, 50 and 60c. Tomorrow Yard-wide Rustle Percal- Oe. $1.50, $1.69 & $1.98 goc Reefers, Infants’ and Children's Pique Reefers, white and pink, sallor collar. Sizes 3 to 5 yeara Were $1.50, $1.09 and $1.98. ‘To 6c. Jets, 5c. Black and Colored Silk an@ Jet Mag- ings and Bands. Regular 5c. 2 1 Belts, 50c¢ Belts, and here ts a chance to get 2 fine ‘one cheap: ‘Handsome Leather Belts, in bluck, .an, brown, green, red and white, 50C. with attractive metal bi les. Were $1. Tomorrow. - Bay Rom, . Florida Water, ¢. Hair Brushes, ¢. Tooth Brushes, Rubber Combs, Ie, Tetlow's Powder, 15e, Witch Hazel, 15e. Whisk Brooms, 29° Vests,17 Fine quality of Light-weight Swiss Rib- bed Vesta, high and low 17c. c neck, with sbort sleev 29e. quality for....... Skirts,$9.50 Ladies who want an elegant Skirt can Ket one tomorrow for the price of the or dinary. For $9.50 you may have your choice of #18 Fine Crepon Skirts, $15 Pine Striped Silk-warped Crepon Skirts, $12 Brocaded Silke Skirts, $13 Brocaded Satin Skirte, $12 Skirts of cheviots, serge, taffeta sitk, &e., and all are of the tatest strie, extra wide, full lined $9.50 and boned. As stated, 3 > choice for..... and Gauze blue and white. he bine aad white. iesser BOC, *1Collars,50° Toys’ Sailor Collars, with chemisettes Men’s 50c. & 75¢. Underwear Men's Shirts and Drawers, Fine Balbrigcan light to match, white pique, with colored trimmings, and plgue and blue cham- bray with braid and ewbro!- ery trimmed. W Tomorrow, per set. wf 5OC. 37C- 59c, 69c & 75¢ Lisle Hosiery, fal Jot of Fi with law d aml Fan tern Hosiery, 69 and TEE BON MLAIRCIUE, Double Stores, 314 & 316 7th St. A WORLD WRECKER. A French Funny Man Writes a Take- On on Edison, From the Philadelphia Ledger. The astcnishing progress of electrical science is neatly satirized by a Parisian paper, which imagines Mr. Edison in his laboratory hearing the news of a declara- tion of war between Great Britain and the United States. A young man, his assistant, rushes in, pale and out of breath, and ex- claims to the great electrician: ‘Oh, master, war is declared! It is terri- ble!” ‘Ah!’ g:ys the master. “War declared, eh? And where is the British army at this moment?” “Embarking, sir.” “Embarking w: here?” “At Liverpool “At Liverpool—yes. Now, my friend, would yeu please join the ends of those two wires harging there against the wall? That's right. Now bring them to me. Good! And be kind enoigh to press that button. ‘The assistant, wcndering and half amus- ed, presses the button. oe Very well,” says the inventor. “Now, do you know what is taking place at Liv- erpool?” cs “The British army is embarking, sir. The inventor pulls out his watch and glances at the time. “There is no British army,” coolly. “What?” screams the sssistant. “When you,tcucked that button you de- stroyed it.” 3] “Oh, this is frightful! “It Is not frighiful at all. It is science. Now, every time that a British expedition embarks at any port please come and tell me at once Ten secords afterward it will simply Fe out of existence; that’s all.” “There dcesn’t seem to be any reason why America should be efraid of her ene- mies after this, sir. a “TI am inclined to believe you,” says the master, smiling slightly. “But in order to avert frture trouble I think it would be best to destroy England altogethe: “To—to destroy England, sir- < “Kindly touch button No. 4, there.” The assistant touches it. The inventor ten. , eight, nine, ten—it’s all over. There more England.” SNow we ean go quietly on with our werk,” si.ys the mester. “‘And if we should ever be ct war with any other nation, you have only to notify me., I have an electric button connected with every foreign coun- try, which will dertroy it when pressed. In ten’ minutes I could destroy every country in the world, the United States included. Be carefvl, ncw, that you don’t touch any of these buttons accidentally—you might do a lot of Gamage.” —_—_——_+-e+-_____ The Industrious Yellowhammer. From the Morning Oregonian. William R. O'Neill of the Pacific vinegar factory noticed a yellowhammer indus- triously at work one day recently on the siding of the factory building. Mr. O'Neill vatched the bird for some time, and in- side. of an hour it Lad cut a round hole two or three inches in diameter through the inch planking. Mr. O'Neill is not a mean man, and if the bird cared to make its home in his vinegar factory, why, It was all right. Next day, however, he noticed that the yellowhammer was en- gaged on another hole. “It’s for a back door.” thought the owner of the building. But after it had finished the back door it cheerfully went to work on the other holes, probably for windows. By the time there were fifteen. holes in the side of the fac- tory Mr. O'Neill concluded that the yellow- hammer was taking liberties with his property. So he obtained permission from the chief of police to shoot it. For a whole day the office boy and Mr. O'Neill's brother banged away without feazing the little bird, and it was finally necessary to em- ploy an expert marksman to bring it down. ‘The marksman charged 50 cents for his services, ‘and Mr. O'Neill also lost the best art of a day nailing boards over the holes i the planking. oe Ne Deubt About the Bite. From the Chicago Times-Herald. How the negro loves @ long word! An Englishman in Florida stood by an inland river.. He was accompanied by a negro guide. An alligator slipped from the bank and disappeared into the dark waters of the stream. “‘amphibious,”” laconically said the Briton. “Yasser, yasser, dat's right,” said the Be man. “Dat's right, boss. Dey will he says, STONEWALL JACKSON'S FOE. He Feared Whisky More Than He Did a Human Enemy. From Youth's Companion. “About daylight of the day before the second battle of Manassas,” said a confed- erate officer at a recent reunion of the blue and gray, “I was ordered to report to Gen. T. J. Jackson, with a detail of a hundred men for special orders. I t at once to ‘headquarters and presented the orders 1 had received. Gen. Jackson came out, and, beckoning me to follow him, rode some fifty yards from his staff, and then turned to me and halted. “Captain, do you ever use Hquor? he asked. 5 “No, sir,’ I replied. “A smile lit up his rugged face as he said, ‘I sent for a special detail of one hun- dred men under command of an officer who never used spirituous liquors. Are you that Yes, sir,’ I said, ‘I was detailed on that account.’ “Well, then,’ he continued, ‘I have an order to give, upon the execution of which depends the success of the present move- ment and the result of the battle socn to be fought.” “If to keep sober is all that is needed, general, you may depend upon me,’ I said. ““No,’ he said, ‘that is not all; but, un- lees you can resist temptation to drink, you cannot carry out my orders. Do you see that warehouse over there? pointing to a large building a litle way off. “Take your command up to that depot, have the bar- rels of bread rolled out and sent down to the railroad track, so that my men can get it as they pass, and then take your picked men into the building and spill all the liquor there; don’t spare a drop, nor let eny man taste it under any cireumsiances. Thi order I expect you to execute at any cost.’ |, “He turned and was about to ride back to his staff, when I called hastily: ‘One moment. general! Suppose an officer of superior rank should order me under ar- rest and then gain possession of the ware- house?’ “Coming up close to me and looking m through and through, as it seemed TS he said, with a look of solemnity that I shall never forget: “Unless I relieve you in person, you are exempt from arrest excepeupon my written order. I fear that liquor more than Pope's ermy,” he added, as he rode rapidly away. “I took my men down to the warehouse which had become so importent, and threw @ guard around it, placing five men at each entrance, with orders neither to allow any one to enter nor to enter themselves. “The next thing was to roll out the bread, which we did. Just as we were finishing that task, I was called to one of the en- trances to find a general officer with his Staff demanding that the guards should either allow him to enter or bring him out some Hquor. Of course I refused to com- ply with the command, upon which he or pers) his adjutant to place me under ar- “I told him I was there by Gen. Jackson's Personal order, and was especially exempt from arrest..He ordered his staff to dis- is eps the ~~ » and I save men ler to thy Ke . eir guns and “This made the general halt, in spit his thirst, and hold a consultation bin iis officera. They concluded to try persuasion, since they could not get what they wanted by force. But they found that method of no more avail than the other. They de- manded to know my name and wnat com- mand I belonged to, and threatened to re- port me for disobedience. “I should never have yielded, ana wheth- er they would have pushed t! = tresalty te thelr but hings to an ex. naturally wanted to know what I explained the situa: which the quick-witted general oomiae “at once, and ordered the thirsty squad off. “ ‘Have you any orders 2 ing? he ate rd to burn the build- ‘No,’ I answered, “I have not.’ “Without @ wurd he rode aoray and with- im an hour there came an order from Gen- Jackson to fire the warehouse, and when it Was well destroyed to report to him. ‘I carried out the order to the letter. Not ® man got a drink that day, and for that time the foe that Sto! faciceo) dreaded was vanquished) 7*°K#00 most —_———_~--____ Retribution, From the Woonsocket Reporter. “A child,” sald the oracular young per- son, “‘ can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer.” “There's one satisfaction,” said the man of family, “he can’t ask very many of ‘em ‘without getting sent to bed.” 4 BICYCLING. SOCIAL EF TOF creases the Round of Pleasures— Knocks Out Rooted Customs. | From the Londen Te skilled cyclist who has developed the proper muscle, and has got-rid of the sense of fatigue which haunts the beginner, just as it havnts and daunts the who is learning to swim, can keep on his bicycle ail day, and if his frame is not shaken by a fall, or his temper tried by the pricking of those nal he will return in the evening with nerves in perfect order and his limbs as little tired as if he had been strolling for the same time up Spentator. and down the terrace or a lawn. This means that he can choose friends or do business within half a county, instead of within two villages, and that his powers of locomotion at will are multiplied at least fivefold, or in the case of the really skilled | and healthy, eight or ten fold. That is a new freedom, a great mulplication of power for men, and especially for women, who, we noiice, enjoy it much more than men do, and contrive somehow to avoid the look of care which is the special mark of the bieyclist; and we shall be curious to note, when time inas been given for the change to operate fully, what its precise effe will not all be good. T ably increase the general happiness, for let the eynics say what they like, p is a great sweet of life, and pleasant conver mone of the few really enjoyable occupations, but they will impair neighborliness, wh rests in @ degree we none of us like to formulate upon the sense that we mu ot quarrel with, or avoid, or even sharply criticisa, those among whom it as our lot to Hive. The c tant habit of the bicycle dissi- pates the mind just as a constant immer- sion in society does, i for th son—it renders reflection less fi less enjoyable. Why think when you can reach a pleasant circle five miles off in aalf an hour, and vith no perceptible fa- tigue? Let those who doubt that this effect will _be produced in the country note the curious increase the cycle is causing in the habit of meeting at lunch, and indeed in the substitution of lunch for dinner. You cannot beycle back on a dark night with your wife or sister in full dress; but you can lunch at 2 o'clock and cycle back in the cool of the evening ment and no dan, Cycling, in fact, will Increase the scatter- with reat enjoy- ing and movability of count to the increase of its pleasures and the loss of much of its steadfastness and quiet be greatly 4. ant hed ‘ane Son e greatly diminished, and wi tre old-fashioned enough to believe that In hat quality was much not only cha but of utility, Apa ceiae Commodore March's Wit. From the Seattle Post-Inielligence: A good story was told Iately of Commo- dore March of March’s Point, Fidalgo Is- land, whose ready wit is well known to the habitues of the Hotel Butler, and, in- deed, all over the sourd. The commodore wes called as a witness in the Point Rob- erts dispute between the cannery men and the Indians, and the lawyer on the ather side, with a “what-can-you-krow-about-it aii eat the guestion to him: “How long have ycu been in this par: the country, Mr. March?” gece Mr. March bas a pre®ty chin, and he shaves his white whiskers to e!ther side te show it off. When the question was so suddenly put he softly careseed the pretty chin and slowly and meditatively said, as though to himsalf: and at length said the lawyer, and then, as if he were addressing Christopher Columbus, asked: “And what did you discover,Mr. March?” “A dark-visaged savage “Dark-visaged savage, ch? hat did you say to him?” said it was a fine day ‘Fine day? «Yes, and what did he say to you?” Mr. Merch rattled off a whole yarn in Chinook, and kept on, to the mirth of the whole court room, until peremptoriiy cut off by the gavel of the judge. asked you what reply the savage made to you, Mr. Marea. Please answer the question,” said the irate cross-examiner. “I was answering.” “Tell us what the savage said.” “That was what he said."t ‘Then tell it to us in English.’ “Not unless I am commirsioned by the court to act interpreter and paid the y fee. Yes; and and ‘said severely: “Mr. March, you may stand down.